Wildlife sightings - 10/06/16
a.m. Tide Level: High
Wader Lake
Avocet 16 + 10 chicks + 1 juvenile
Redshank 4 + 3 chicks
Lapwing 16 + 8 chicks
L.R.P 2
Ringed plover 1
Oystercatcher 4 + 2 juvenile
Common tern 140 + 3 chicks (82 nests)
Grey heron 24
Black headed gull 14
Shelduck 22
Shoveler 4
Saline Lagoon
Lapwing 16
Black headed gull 18
Lesser black-backed gull 2
Hawthorn Wood
Willow tit 2
Bullfinch 6
Chaffinch 8
Robin 3 + 1 juvenile
Blue tit 5 + 6 juvenile
Other birds
Kingfisher - 1 - Amphibian ponds
Mute swan - 1 + 3 cygnets - White-head pond
Great spotted woodpecker - 1 - gully
Reed bunting - 1 - River reed bed
Starling - 1 - River Wear
Furruginous duck - 1 - Reservoir
Linnet - 4 - East down
Other wildlife and flora
Otter tracks - Window on the Wear
Tadpoles developing well
Azure damselfly
Blue-tailed damselfly
Four spotted chaser
Orange tip
Speckled wood
Tree bumblebee - nesting in the bird box in Hollowood
Oxeye daisy
Red campion
White campion
